| Deva Temple | |
| Label: | Deva Temple |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Elevation Ft: | 7353 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 693 |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.56 |
| Parent Peak: | Brahma Temple (7,551 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Arizona |
| Region: | Coconino |
| Region Type: | County |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Grand Canyon National Park |
| Range: | Kaibab Plateau Colorado Plateau |
| Map: | Arizona#USA |
| Map Size: | 230 |
| Coordinates: | 36.1521°N -112.0318°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Topo: | USGS Bright Angel Point |
| Rock: | Coconino Sandstone |
| First Ascent: | July 17, 1959 Harvey Butchart[3] |
Deva Temple is a 7353feet summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA.[2] It is situated three miles south of the North Rim's Bright Angel Point, and towers 3700abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Bright Angel Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Brahma Temple, 1.5 mile to the south. Other neighbors include Zoroaster Temple 2.5 miles to the south-southwest, Manu Temple three miles to the west-northwest, and Buddha Temple, 3.5 miles to the west. Deva Temple was named by Henry Gannett, a geographer for Clarence Dutton, in following Dutton's practice of naming features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities, in this case, Deva.[2] [4] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Deva Temple is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[5]
The summit of Deva Temple is composed of cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone with a small, remnant Kaibab Limestone caprock.[6] The sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below the Coconino Sandstone is slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Proterozoic Unkar Group at creek level.[7] Precipitation runoff from Deva Temple drains south into the Colorado River via Bright Angel Creek on its west side, and Clear Creek on the east side.